O perfil de chaymation

I would heartily recommend Waterworld, especially if you have children. We found Chester pool far too cold (and also a bit dull) but the Wrexham one has:
a main pool, a much warmer toddler/baby pool which is safe from excessive splashing! plus the main pool can be sectioned off to make another (slightly colder) junior pool in the event that there is an “accident” in the toddler pool.

Also there is another very warm little pool where there are gentle rapids which our 2 year old loves going round (in our arms of course) and a jacuzzi in the middle which he also likes the bubbles in.

The changing rooms are unisex with plenty of larger cubicles containing fold down baby change tables, and there is a cafe downstairs selling jacket potatoes and that sort of thing.

Plus there is a tyre flume for kids and grown-up kids, so everyone’s a winner!

This is a fantastic free morning/afternoon out. We have taken our one year old there at least five times with various combinations of relatives. No entry fee, and lots of farm animals (pigs, goats, donkeys and chickens) to see as well as some rabbits and guinea pigs. (there are hand washing facilities so that you can clean up before you eat the ice cream!)
Then inside there is an ice-cream parlour with dozens of flavours (although not as adventurous as they could be) as well as a smaller one with “kids” ice cream flavours such as cola, and various sweets flavour.
There is also a shop selling toys, presents and more ice-cream (we picked up several litres of Christmas Pudding flavour which was on offer and out of season during out last trip).
There is also a cafe serving lunches, although this is very much of the jacket potato and beans variety and I wouldn’t recommend it for anything more than a quick bite to eat.
Behind the cafe is a children’s play area (under 1 metre tall give free access to the toddler area) older/taller children have to pay to access the play barn type facility.
If that wasn’t enough there are also two adventure playgrounds and they have also added gentle (kid friendly) quad biking and also mini golf although we haven’t tried either of those as they are a little old for our toddler.
Would highly recommend this as a free day out (no entry fee and the animals and playgrounds and toddler area are free to access, although it won’t be totally free because it is impossible to resist the ice cream!

This is my (very!) local doctor’s surgery. It is located only 2 monutes from my house which is very handy indeed. Also it was set up to service the houses in the Northgate Village Development so if you move into a house there you are automatically eligable to sign up.

The reception staff are always very helpful and will do their best to get you an appointment at short notice. The doctors that I have seen there have been very professional (obviously!) and courteous, giving very helpful advice. You also feel that they are listening to you properly and giving you a good amount of time (they don’t push you out of the door).

The best thing is that there is a pharmacy build onto the surgery so you can very quickly pick up your perscriptions as well as usual cold, flu medicines, bandages etc.

If you live in Northgate Village then you should definitely sign up, before you get ill!

EDIT: Apparently the Corn Exchange I knew and loved is no longer! All the cool shops have been replaced with a food hall. So the review below is a little out of date! :

If consider yourself in any way Alternative, Emo, Goth or Indie then you should definitely visit the corn exchange if you are anywhere near Leeds. The building is amazing and the inside has been transformed from it’s former life as a Corn Exchange (funny that!) to a load of fantastic little indie shops selling a great range of clothing, gifts and novelties.
I have bought several items from there in the past, al have been of great quality and a refreshing change from the usual junk you get in regular chain shops.

Everyone is really friendly and the place has a great atmosphere.

The Habitat store in Chester is to be found if you take the furthest exit from the shopping centre. This puts it quite a way from the main centre area.

They do have a lovely range of goods in store and it’s worth checking every few months at the new season’s range. I always find Habitat quite expensive but the items are of god quality, sort of like a slightly more upmarket Ikea. Sadly as we currently rent, we have had to limit our purchases to a few mugs and things rather than some of the fantastic furniture and lighting that they offer.

The store is expansive and not constrained by the pokey nature of most of Chester’s shops. This means that there is plenty of room to browse without being accosted by staff.

Holland & Barrett is part of a large chain of shops. The Chester branch is located in the better of the two shopping centres, although it is hidden at one end so can be difficult to find if you don’t know your way around.

They sell a good range of healthy things for us waify vegetarian types including a lot of healthy snack bars and drinks.

My personal favourite items are the chocolate covered raisins which are better than those form Julian Graves are they arent covered in Shellac which is derived from crushed beetles. I have also become somewhat addicted to the spicy, crunchy giant corn kernels which are an amazing snack, which are so much better than salted peanuts that I think they should be offered in pubs throughout the land (although I don’'t visit enough pubs to keep them in the corn snack selling business)

Holland and Barrett isn’t the cheapest place but it does have a good range under one roof and sometimes has some decent offers on.

Gamestation is almost directly opposite the Game store, as Chester seems to only have shops in pairs (HMV and Zavvi are very close, as are the two best chip shops). If there is any competition between them it is to see who can be the worst value!

The main problems with Gamestation in Chester is firstly that the store is a very long thin shape (which is a issue with most of Chester’s shops) and they have made matters worse by positioning the till right in the way so that if anyone is queuing it is nearly impossible to get to where the games are displayed.

The second problem is that when you do get there, to the bargains, deals and discount areas, even the pre-owned Wii games for example cost more than brand new copies do online. I can’t understand how real work game shops surive in this era of online preorders. Most games seem to have a 20 or 30 percent premium on them, but perhaps people still buy them because they are too impatient to wait for their games to arrive in the post (why not pre-order, then you get them delivered to your door on the day of release?!)

I’m the current economic climate I will be surprised if Gamestation are still there in February.

Game in Chester is a medium sized store and offers the latest games for PC, PS3, XBox 360, DS, PSP and Wii. Unfortunately they never seem to be the cheapest, especially not when you compare to online retailers.

It has been a very long time since I have bought a game in the real world as they just cannot compete with online stores. Game do offer a loyalty card but the points you get are worth so little that you would have to be buying a few games every visit to make it worth saving up for a free one.

The staff seem to be ok although you always feel like they are going to come up and try to see you something if you hang around in once spot for too long.

Game is a good shop if you want to see what new releases are out or if your other half is shopping somewhere else and you have a few minutes to waste.